Mr Gordon Lyons

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Lyons
Official First Name: Gordon
Usual First Name: Gordon
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: East Antrim

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	19/08/2015 - 30/03/2016

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
19/08/2015	East Antrim	Unionist, Replaced Mr S Wilson
12/05/2016	East Antrim	Unionist, elected following substitution
13/03/2017	East Antrim	Unionist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	East Antrim	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
03/02/2024 - Present	Minister	Department for Communities
06/07/2021 - 27/10/2022	Minister	Department for the Economy
05/07/2021 - 20/09/2021	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
25/06/2021 - 02/07/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
21/06/2021 - 06/07/2021	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Health
08/03/2021 - 17/06/2021	junior Minister	The Executive Office
02/02/2021 - 08/03/2021	Minister	Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
11/01/2020 - 02/02/2021	junior Minister	The Executive Office
11/01/2020 - 19/01/2020	Committee Member	Business Committee
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Business Committee
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Chair	Committee on Procedures
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
05/10/2015 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
05/10/2015 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for Finance and Personnel
07/09/2015 - 05/10/2015	Committee Member	Committee for Social Development

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
20/10/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Modern Slavery
14/09/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
11/07/2017 - 15/09/2020	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Cancer
09/05/2017 - 14/09/2020	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
08/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Learning Disability
24/10/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Students
09/09/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Learning Disability
21/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Tackling Educational Underachievement And Promoting Educational Excellence For All
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Epilepsy
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Multiple Sclerosis

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Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

2 Questions, Page 1 of 1

Display All Answers

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

Ref No	Member	Question	Tabled	Status
AQW 21333/17-22	Mr Gordon Lyons (DUP - East Antrim)	To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has any plans to extend the nursing and midwifery bursary to student paramedics, as has been announced in Scotland. + Display Answer	02/07/2021	Answered on 19/10/2021
AQO 2358/17-22	Mr Gordon Lyons (DUP - East Antrim)	To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline what action her Department is taking to deal with the current backlog in driving test appointments.	24/06/2021	Question Withdrawn

Plenary Business

Plenary Item Title	Item	Tabled As	Tabled Date	Plenary Date
Emergency Fuel Support for Winter 24-25	Oral Ministerial Statement	Minister for Communities	19/11/2024	19/11/2024
Integrated Advice Partnership Fund	Oral Ministerial Statement	Minister for Communities	05/11/2024	05/11/2024
Minister for Communities Meeting with Loyalist Communities Council	Urgent Oral Question	Minister for Communities	10/10/2024
The draft Electrical Safety Standards for Private Tenancies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024	Motion	Minister for Communities	08/10/2024	19/11/2024
Job Creation in Department for Communities	Oral Ministerial Statement	Minister for Communities	08/10/2024	08/10/2024
British Irish Council Housing Ministerial Meeting	Oral Ministerial Statement	Minister for Communities	04/10/2024	07/10/2024
Casement Park	Urgent Oral Question	Minister for Communities	14/09/2024
North South Ministerial Council Language Sectoral Meeting	Oral Ministerial Statement	Minister for Communities	11/09/2024	17/09/2024
Winter Fuel Payment	Oral Ministerial Statement	Minister for Communities	09/09/2024	10/09/2024
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024	Motion	Minister for Communities	02/09/2024	23/09/2024
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024	Motion	Minister for Communities	02/09/2024	23/09/2024

Votes On Division

Vote Subject	Division Date	Member Voted
-#1 Belfast City Centre Dereliction - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Ms Diane Forsythe]	18/11/2024	AYE
-#1 Future EU Relationship - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Eóin Tennyson]	18/11/2024	NO
Breaches of the Ministerial Code of Conduct [Mr Matthew O'Toole]	18/11/2024	NO
Future EU Relationship	18/11/2024	NO
-#1 Holiday Hunger and the High Cost of School Uniforms - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr David	12/11/2024	AYE
Failure of RAISE Programme in Tackling Educational Underachievement	05/11/2024	NO
-#1 Farmers' Basic Payment Scheme (Revised Wording) - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Patsy McGl	07/10/2024	NO
-#1 Draft Programme for Government - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Brian Kingston]	07/10/2024	AYE
-#1 Mental Health Provision in Northern Ireland - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mrs Diane Dodds]	30/09/2024	AYE
Final Stage: Budget (No. 2) Bill (NIA Bill 06/22-27) [Minister of Finance - Department of Finance]	23/09/2024	AYE
-#1 Removing the Barriers to Green Growth - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mrs Deborah Erskine]	17/09/2024	AYE

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